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The Age-Friendly New York City Project: An Environmental Intervention to Increase Aging Resilience

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As the growing body of research affirms, resilience in aging is a multidimensional concept influenced by demographics, social support and connectedness, health status, psychological factors, and material resources. Most, if not all, of these factors are profoundly shaped by the social, cultural, and physical environments in which older adults live.

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  1. The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Ruth Finkelstein

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  1. University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, 21201, Maryland, USA

    Barbara Resnick

  2. Center for the Study of Aging and Human, Duke University, Durham, 27710, North Carolina, USA

    Lisa P. Gwyther

  3. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State, Center for Gerontology, Blacksburg, 24061, Virginia, USA

    Karen A. Roberto

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Netherland, J., Finkelstein, R., Gardner, P. (2011). The Age-Friendly New York City Project: An Environmental Intervention to Increase Aging Resilience. In: Resnick, B., Gwyther, L., Roberto, K. (eds) Resilience in Aging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0232-0_18

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